So much to do! One week to go rant.

So before my browser crashed, I had this spectacular literate rant, and now "poof!" its gone and that means I have to rake the crags and crevices of my brain and for those of you who actually know me, well, that's gonna take a bit. I think the gist of it was: HOW THE HELL CAN ANYONE THINK OF VOTING FOR MCCAIN???? WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE ME A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN AND PROHIBIT ME AND MY KIND FROM THE RIGHT TO MARRIAGE? WHY DO THEY WANT TO FORCE GIRLS INTO A WORSE SITUATION THEN THEY ALREADY ARE, ON PROP 2? Ok enough with the caps. I know... this is the reason: THEY ARE MEAN, STINGY, VENGEFUL, MISERABLE PEOPLE. Why else do they want to enforce their world view on everyone else? They, especially the straight men on the right wing, HATE gay men, because they actually get sex. They, of course hate women, even the women. And HATE HATE HATE poor people who apparently don't have the intelligence to get out of their situation, so why the hell should anyone help them? Let's not talk about people who happen to not have a perfect body-well they are just, lazy, yeah that's it lazy paraplegic, Downs, or whatever.
I sure hope that these people pray to their deity that they never end up poor, disabled, disenfranchised in one way or another, cuz it's gonna be hard for me to have compassion for them. But, because I am a progressive liberal and do care, I will. Damn it.

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10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don't): (thanks to MoveOn.org)

1. John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has "evolved," yet he's continued to oppose key civil rights laws.1

2. According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, Russia and China. Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says McCain "will make Cheney look like Gandhi."2
3. His reputation is built on his opposition to torture, but McCain voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban.3

4. McCain opposes a woman's right to choose. He said, "I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned."4

5. The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children. He voted against the children's health care bill last year, then defended Bush's veto of the bill.5

6. He's one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires. The Associated Press reports he and his wife own at least eight homes! Yet McCain says the solution to the housing crisis is for people facing foreclosure to get a "second job" and skip their vacations.6

7. Many of McCain's fellow Republican senators say he's too reckless to be commander in chief. One Republican senator said: "The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He's erratic. He's hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."7

8. McCain talks a lot about taking on special interests, but his campaign manager and top advisers are actually lobbyists. The government watchdog group Public Citizen says McCain has 59 lobbyists raising money for his campaign, more than any of the other presidential candidates.8

9. McCain has sought closer ties to the extreme religious right in recent years. The pastor McCain calls his "spiritual guide," Rod Parsley, believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a "false religion." McCain sought the political support of right-wing preacher John Hagee, who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church "the Antichrist" and a "false cult."9

10. He positions himself as pro-environment, but he scored a 0—yes, zero—from the League of Conservation Voters last year.10